fbpx
The Leading Independent Resource for Top-tier MBA Candidates
Menu


Home » News » Interviews » Interview Questions & Reports » Insead MBA Interview Questions & Report – Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus

Insead MBA Interview Questions & Report – Round 1 / Alumnus / Off-campus

INSEAD Donation

I had my interview with the alumnus in a hotel lounge, which lasted for 1 hour.

The interview was pretty conversational, and most questions were very typical. I handed out my printed resume to her as she didn’t bring one though she said she has one on her PC which she used during the interview. She listened to my answers very carefully, and asked some follow-up questions about my thoughts and learnings regarding my accomplishment, while keeping typing on her PC to make notes.

We went into the questions directly after her brief introduction. Some questions that I still remember:

– Why MBA now? (this was the opening question. I was surprised that she didn’t ask me to introduce myself or walk her through the resume)
– Follow-up question: You seem to be qualified to land on the position in your short-term goal without an MBA, why do you insist on an MBA experience?
– Why did you choose to work abroad, what culture conflicts and learnings did you have in this experience, what stereotypes did you break in this experience?
– Failure story (how would you do if you had a chance to do it again?)
– Biggest accomplishment
– Outside of work, what passions do you have?
– Any other school you are applying? (why not US schools)
– What interactions did you have with INSEAD alumni or current students?
– What questions do you have for me?

The alumnus challenged my real reason for MBA, as she is from the industry of my post-MBA goal, and she thinks that it’s possible for me to switch my job from consulting to that industry directly. She also raised some questions regarding my failure story to test whether it was a failure because of me and how much I learned from that experience.

Generally, I think it went fine, not stressful at all. I look forward to my second interview with INSEAD.

Good luck to you all.


Clear Admit Resources
Preparing for your INSEAD admissions interview?  Check out Clear Admit’s other resources:

Preparing for your interview?

Check out the Clear Admit Interview Guides for some tips & advice

Posted in: Interview Questions & Reports

Schools: INSEAD

About the Author

  • Sign Up For Our Newsletter

  • Join the Clear Admit community for free and conduct unlimited searches of MBA LiveWire, MBA DecisionWire, MBA ApplyWire and the Interview Archive. Register now and you’ll also get 10% off your entire first order.

    Click here to register!

    Already have an account? .

    Log In

    Please enter your Username and Password

    Don’t have an account? Register for free